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Filtration Consultant and Expert

Steve Tarleton

The following papers have been authored or co-authored by Steve Tarleton and published in journals. A button link to either a published or preprint version of each paper is provided and all can be viewed for free. For convenience the papers are grouped into 3 sections.

Topics in this section:

Solid/liquid separation; Cake filtration; Filtration of binary particle mixtures; Process modelling of filters; Filter cake consolidation, deliquoring and washing; Selection, scale-up and simulation of filters and separators; Computer software.

Filtration of fibre/particle mixtures

Filter cake formation with simultaneous filtration and sedimentation

Aggregation effects in the cake filtration of interacting binary mixtures

The porosity, permeability and restructuring of heterogeneous filter cakes

Filtration and sedimentation behaviour of fibre/particle binary mixtures

Computer software for the specification of solid/liquid separation equipment

Cake filter scale-up, simulation and data acquisition - A new approach

Filter design software (FDS) for filter
process simulation

Electroosmotic dewatering with continuous removal of electrolysis products

Transport processes during the electrowashing of filter cakes

Electrically enhanced washing of ionic species from filter cakes

Plant design - Separation equipment selection by software

Experimental study of abrupt changes in cake structure during deadend filtration

Choosing filtration equipment by computer

Using probes to determine filter cake formation and batch filter scale-up

Using mechatronics
technology to assess pressure filtration

Modelling and simulation of batch pressure filter cycles

Software applications in filter control, data acquisition and data analysis

A new approach to variable pressure cake filtration

Predicting the performance of pressure filters

The effects of scale and process parameters in cake filtration

Using mechatronics to interpret and model the pressure filter cycle

The imaging of filter cakes through electrical impedance tomography

Simulation, modelling and sizing of pressure filters

A framework methodology for the simulation and sizing of diaphragm filter presses

Factors affecting the formation and properties of wet compacts

Separation equipment simulation and design - An expert systems approach

Modelling, simulation and process design of the filter cycle

Topics in this section:

Permeate flux and solute rejection in microfiltration and ultrafiltration; Charge modified membranes; Solvent resistant nanofiltration; Modelling of crossflow filtration; Use of electric, ultrasonic and magnetic fields in filtration and separation.

Organic solvent nanofiltration technology in fuel processing

Importance of particle, solute and membrane pore size in crossflow filtration

Determinations of membrane swelling and the effect on filtration performance

Nanofiltration: A technology for selective solute removal from fuels and solvents

Nanofiltration: A method for improving the purity of fuels & non-aqueous solvents

Protein ultrafiltration: Deadend stirred cell compared with a crossflow system

Effect of flocculation on critical flux for crossflow microfiltration of bentonite

Solvent induced swelling of membranes - Measurements and influence in nanofiltration

Influence of polarity on flux and rejection
in solvent resistant nanofiltration

Measurements of solvent induced swelling in nanofiltration membranes

Influence of crosslinking and process parameters on PDMS membranes

Non-aqueous nanofiltration: Solute rejection in low-polarity binary systems

Nanofiltration
of organic solvents

Evidence for swelling-induced pore structure in dense PDMS membranes

Solvent flux through dense polymeric nanofiltration membranes

Understanding flux decline in microfiltration: Part 1 - Effects of particle and pore size

Understanding flux decline in microfiltration: Part 2 - Effects of process parameters

Understanding flux decline in microfiltration: Part 3 - Effects of membrane morphology

The role of field assisted techniques in solid/liquid separation

Electro-acoustic crossflow microfiltration

Membrane characterisation- The need for a standard

Colloidal fouling of microfiltration membranes during the treatment of aqueous feeds

An experimental study of electroacoustic crossflow microfiltration

Microfiltration enhancement by electrical and ultrasonic force fields

Prevention of flux decline in electrical microfiltration

How electric and ultrasonic fields assist membrane filtration

Membrane fouling prevention in crossflow microfiltration using electric fields

Experiments using electricity to prevent fouling in membrane filtration

Topics in this section:

Extraction; Fractal dimensions of agglomerates; Gas filtration.

Effect of pleat density, pleat orientation and face velocity on the MPPS of HEPA filters

Effect of pleat count and air velocity on the pressure drop and efficiency of HEPA filters

Penicillin G solubilisation into AOT reverse micelles

Colloid science in solid/liquid separation technology - Is it important?

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